Isaac DAVIS
Birth:
Abt 1803
Clermont, Ohio
Death:
1879
Nevins Township, Vigo, Indiana
Marriage:
21 Jun 1831
Clermont, Ohio
Father:
Blocked
Mother:
Blocked
Sources:
1860 Census Nevins Township, Vigo, Indiana
1870 Census Vigo County, Indiana
1850 Census - Nevins Township, Vigo, IN
History of Vigo County, Indiana with Biographical Sketches, pp.724-725. by Henry C. Bradsby
New.familysearch.org, Dec 2010
New.familysearch.org, Apr 2013
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, Mar 2017
1870 Census Vigo County, Indiana
1850 Census - Nevins Township, Vigo, IN
History of Vigo County, Indiana with Biographical Sketches, pp.724-725. by Henry C. Bradsby
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FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, Mar 2017
Notes:
Notes for Isaac Davis
In the History of Vigo, Indiana( FHL, SLC Call # 977,245 H2b) it says the Davis's apparently came to Ohio from Virginia about 1800 and were of Welsh parentage.
RESEARCH: His father's name could possibly be Isaac.
RESEARCH: There is a Land Patent for an Isaac Davis found at
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/PatentSearch/Image.asp?Accession=OH1910%5F%5F%2E311&Format=PDF&Page=1&Index=4&QryID=30378%2E63
RESEARCH: Accession/Serial #: OH1910__.311 BLM Serial #: OH NO S/N
Notes for Isaac Davis
In the History of Vigo, Indiana( FHL, SLC Call # 977,245 H2b) it says the Davis's apparently came to Ohio from Virginia about 1800 and were of Welsh parentage.
There is also a land patent for an Isaac Davis issued 1838 in Vigo County, Indiana:
RESEARCH: Accession/Serial #: IN2180__.155 BLM Serial #: IN NO S/N
Names
Patentee: ISAAC DAVIS
Warrantee: CHARLES NICHOLS
Survey
State: OHIO
Acres: 200
Survey Date: 5/25/1802
Metes/Bounds: Yes
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 6/8/1803
Land Office: Ohio
Cancelled: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: August 10, 1790: Scrip Warrant Act of 1790 (1 Stat. 82)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 4800
Accession/Serial Nr.: OH1910__.311
BLM Serial Nr.: OH NO S/N
There is also a land patent for an Isaac Davis issued 1838 in Vigo County, Indiana:
RESEARCH: Accession/Serial #: IN2180__.155 BLM Serial #: IN NO S/N
Names
Patentee: ISAAC DAVIS
Patentee: ISAAC DAVIS
Survey
State: INDIANA
Acres: 46.39
Metes/Bounds: No
Acres: 46.39
Metes/Bounds: No
Title Transfer
Issue Date: 9/1/1838
Land Office: Vincennes
Cancelled: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 17766
Issue Date: 9/1/1838
Land Office: Vincennes
Cancelled: No
Mineral Reservations: No
Authority: April 24, 1820: Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat. 566)
Document Numbers
Document Nr.: 17766
Accession/Serial Nr.: IN2180__.155
BLM Serial Nr.: IN NO S/N
RESEARCH: Aliquot
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Section Meridian State Counties Survey
BLM Serial Nr.: IN NO S/N
RESEARCH: Aliquot
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NWNW 31/ 13-N 7-W No 2nd PM IN Vigo
RESEARCH: He is found in the 1870 Census living in Nevins, Vigo, Indiana age 66 alone.
There is no Virginia or Ohio 1800 Census to enable looking for his father.
TODO: SEND FOR A CASE FILE RECORD
There is a Thomas Davis age 40, farmer and wife age 36 living near Isaac and Mary A. in the 1850 Nevins, Vigo, Indiana US Federal Census. They have 6 children: Sarah C. 13, Caroline 11, Susan 9, Martha J. 8, Joan 5, George H. 1 and next door a Thomas Davis age 19 a waggon maker
NWNW 31/ 13-N 7-W No 2nd PM IN Vigo
RESEARCH: He is found in the 1870 Census living in Nevins, Vigo, Indiana age 66 alone.
There is no Virginia or Ohio 1800 Census to enable looking for his father.
TODO: SEND FOR A CASE FILE RECORD
There is a [Dwelling # 119]Thomas Davis age 40, farmer and wife age 36 living near Isaac and Mary A. in the 1850 Nevins, Vigo, Indiana US Federal Census. They have 6 children: Sarah C. 13, Caroline 11, Susan 9, Martha J. 8, Joan 5, George H. 1 and next door a [Dwelling #120] Thomas Davis age 69 a waggon maker born in Virginia
From the HISTORY OF CLERMONT COUNTY, OHIO by Louis H. Everts (1880):
SAMUEL Davis came from the Blue Ridge country, Virginia, about 1800, and settled near the mouth of Shaylor's Run, where he lived until his death, about 1825, having reared eight children.
THOMAS Davis settled on Shaylor's Run, where he had a mill and a small distillery. He moved to Indiana.
Near by HENRY Davis made some improvments, and died on the farm which is now occupied by his son Shadrach. The rest of the family moved to Illinois.
The third son, JOHN, moved to Indiana, to which State WILLIAM, who had made some good improvements near East Liberty, also removed.
JOSEPH Davis another son, settled near the mouth of Hall's Run, where he lived until his death , in 1855. He served as a lieutenant in the war of 1812. In his family were ten sons, viz.: Mathew and William, living in Indiana; Jeremiah, Joseph, Samuel, and Thomas, deceased in the township; Henry, Robert F., and Ira I., yet living along the Cincinnati and Eastern Railraod, in Union; and George W., living in Cincinnati.
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Husband's Name
Joseph Sr. DAVIS (AFN:11W8-ZGV) Born: Abt 1782 Place: , , Va
Father:
Mother:
Wife's Name
Rebecca VAIL
Born: Abt 1794 Place: , , Va
Father: VAIL
Mother: Mary VAIL (AFN:11W8-ZRQ)
Children
1. Sex Name
M Jerimiah DAVIS (AFN:11W9-8NM)
Born: Abt 1810 Place: , , Oh
2. Sex Name
M Joseph Jr. DAVIS
Born: Abt 1812 Place: , , Oh
3. Sex Name
M Henry DAVIS
Born: Abt 1820 Place: , , Oh
4. Sex Name
F Ira DAVIS
Born: Abt 1828 Place: , , Oh
5. Sex Name
M George W. DAVIS
Born: Abt 1831 Place: , , Oh
6. Sex Name
M William B. DAVIS
Born: Abt 1836 Place: , , Oh
This family is found in the 1850 Union Township district 22, Clermont, Ohio, Page 468A:Dwelling 2752: Joseph Davis Sr age 68, Farmer, born in Virginia, Rebecca Davis, age 56, born in Virginia, Ira Davis age 22, born in Ohio, Geroge W., age 19 born in Ohio, William B. Davis, age 14, born in Ohio, Mary Vail age 81, born in Virginia, Elizabeth Chambers age 18 born in New Jersey
Dwelling 2754:
Jeremiah Davis age 40 born in Ohio with his wife and 7 children
Dwelling: 2755
Henry Davis age 30 born in Ohio, with his wife and 4 children
Dwelling 2755:
Joel Vail age 51, born in Virginia with his wife and Lydia Perry and conrad Young
Dwelling 2757:
Robert F. Davis age 26 born in Ohio with his wife and 2 children
On Page 468A
Dwelling 2751:
Joseph Davis Jr., age 38, born in Ohio with his wife and 7 children and a Rebecca Davis age 18
Joseph Davis found in:
Marriage Index: Selected Counties of Ohio, 1789-1850
Married: Apr 19, 1838 in: Clermont Co., OH Spouse: Baker, Rebecca Gender: M More: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film #s 0327559-0327561.
Posted By: Ed Hamilton
Email: lithoed1@aol.com
Subject: Jos.Davis & Rachel Fowler, VA to OH
Post Date: September 02, 1999 at 19:36:03
Message URL: http://genforum.genealogy.com/davis/messages/7253.html
Forum: Davis Family Genealogy Forum
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Looking for information about Joseph Davis born 1782, son of Samuel and Mary Davis of Hampshire Co., VA. He married Rachel Fowler in 1806 and moved to Union Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio. I need the link to his grandson James Monroe Davis, born 1859.
Mary A. HULL
Birth:
Abt 1810
Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio
Death:
1866
Vigo, Indiana
Father:
Mother:
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
4 Nov 1831
Clermont, Ohio
Death:
27 Jun 1904
Vigo, Indiana
2
Birth:
2 Sep 1832
Clermont, Ohio
Death:
Notes:
Taken from the History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections by H.C. Bradsby FHL 977.245 H2b:
"G. W. Davis, farmer, Nevins township, P.O. Cloverland, Clay county, resides on Section 31, where he owns sixty-nine acres of excellent farm land. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, September 2, 1832, and is a son of Isaac and Mary A. (Hull) Davis, natives of Clermont county, Ohio, and who came to Vigo county in 1836, when G. W. was four years of age. They spent the remainder of their days in this county, the father dying in 1879, and the mother in 1866; they were the parents of ten children. Our subject's opportunities for an early education were limited. He was reared on a farm, and to the occupation of a farmer, which he has followed thus far through life. In 1869 he was married in Vigo county to Mary F. Calahan, who was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1834. Mr. Davis, who is a Democrat, has never sought or held office, except some of the minor offices of his township; he is a member of the F. M. B. A."
Research: Checked 1900 US Census Nevins, Vigo, Indiana: No George W. and Mary F Davis
Notes:
Taken from the History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections by H.C. Bradsby FHL 977.245 H2b:
"LEANDER DAVIS, farmer and brick mason, P.O Fontanet. The pleasant residence of this gentleman is in Section 36, Nevins township, where he owns eighty acres of land; he also has twenty-three acres in Section 30. He was born in Clermont county, Ohio, in 1834, and is a son of Isaac and Mary (Hull) Davis, who came to Vigo county in 1835. Leander grew to manhood on the same farm he now owns, he being only two years old when his parents came to Indiana. He had but limited school advantages. Mr Davis was married in 1859, in Clay county, Indiana, to Caroline, daughter of George Neville, and born in the State of New York in 1844. They are the parents of nine children, of whom the following named are living: Edward, Daniel, Charles, May and Clyde; those deceased are Mary, George, Dora and Harry. Mr. Davis has held the office of township assessor four years, and was supervisor two years. He is a member of the F.M.B.A. August 21, 1862, he enlisted in the Civil war in Company B, Eighty-fifth Indiana V.I.; was in several skirmishes, and was mustered out of the service at Indianapolis, June 30, 1865. He is the worthy recipient of a montly pension of $10. In politics Mr. Davis is a Democrat."
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Birth:
24 Nov 1835
Vigo, Indiana
Death:
Research Citations:
Notes:
Taken from the History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections by H. C. Bradsby FHL 977.245 H2b
Isaac Davis, farmer, Nevins township, P.O. Seelyville, was born in Clermont, Ohio, November 24, 1836, and is the son of Isaac and Mary (Hull) Davis, natives of Ohio, and of English descent. The father, who was a farmer during his life, came to Vigo county in 1836, and settled on a farm, where he spent the remaining years of his life, dying in 1879. His family consisted of six sons and three daughters, Isaac being the third in the family. Our subject was reared in Nevins township on the farm, attending the district school, and chose farming, which he has since carried on, except during the time he was manufacturing brooms. In 1862 he enlisted in the Eighty-fifth Ind. V. I., Company B,; he was a non-commissioned officer, was in one engagement, and was discharged for disability in 1863, at Franklin, Tenn. He is a member of the G. A. R., in politics a Democrat. Mr. Davis was married in Vigo county, in 1866, to Miss Lucinda Smith, whose parents were natives of Ohio, her father being now a well-to-do farmer of Nevins township, this county. She is a member of the Methodis Episcopal Church. Mr. Davis has many friends.
There is a Robert Davis male, age 25 living next door; dwelling # 1256 born in Indiana, Angeline Davis female, age 19 born in Kentucky and Rose Davis age 50 born in Indiana. There is a Leander Davis age 25 farmer, born in Ohio, and Caroline age 17, born in New York (His Wife),
5
Birth:
14 Mar 1837
Ohio
Death:
12 May 1880
Clay, Indiana
6
Birth:
Abt 1841
Vigo, Indiana
Death:
7
Birth:
16 Mar 1844
Vigo, Indiana
Death:
Notes:
Taken from the History of Vigo County, Indiana, with Biographical Selections by H.C. Bradsby FHL 977.245 H2b:
"Edward Davis, a dealer in general merchandise at Coal Bluff, was born in Nevins township, Vigo county, Ind., March 16, 1844, and is a son of Isaac and Mary H. (Hull) Davis, natives of Ohio and of English descent. The father was among the pioneer farmers of Nevins township, where he settled in 1832. It was then a wild wood, but by hard toil he cleared the farm where Edward was born, spent his childhood and attended school. The father died in 1878. The family consisted of ten children, Edward being the seventh. After passing through the distrcit school, Edward attended Bloomingdale Academy, and acquired a taste for literature and a desire to know something of the movements of the day. He concluded to make farming his business, but in 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-fifth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He was a good soldier, and served in Gen. Sherman's command on the march to the sea, being in several engagements. He served until the close of the war, when he returned home, and was engaged at the brick-mason's trade until 1874, when he embarked in his present business. He has propered, and met with deserved success. Mr Davis is a member of the K. of P. and I. O. O. F. societies, and is a Master Mason."
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Amaretta F. DAVIS
Birth:
Abt 1848
Vigo, Indiana
Death:
Marr:
9
Nelsen G. DAVIS
Birth:
May 1850
Vigo, Indiana
Death:
Marr:
10
Birth:
Feb 1853
Vigo, Indiana
Death:
1937
Jennings, Indiana
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Isaac Davis - Mary A. Hull
Isaac Davis
was born at Clermont, Ohio Abt 1803.
He married Mary A. Hull 21 Jun 1831 at Clermont, Ohio . Mary A. Hull was born at Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio Abt 1810 daughter of Joseph Hull and Jane Luckey .
They were the parents of 10
children:
Elizabeth Davis
born 4 Nov 1831.
George W. Davis
born 2 Sep 1832.
Leander F. Davis
born May 1834.
Isaac L. Davis
born 24 Nov 1835.
Joseph H. Davis
born 14 Mar 1837.
Mariah S. Davis
born Abt 1841.
Edward Davis
born 16 Mar 1844.
Amaretta F. Davis
born Abt 1848.
Nelsen G. Davis
born May 1850.
Franklin Davis
born Feb 1853.
Isaac Davis died 1879 at Nevins Township, Vigo, Indiana .
Mary A. Hull died 1866 at Vigo, Indiana .